Harry Reid likes Boehner, wishes he could help him. Harry, you absolutely can help him. Bring him the paperwork to switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat

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9/13/13, "Reid: ‘I Like John Boehner’ ‘But I Feel Sorry for Him’ ‘I Said to Him: What Can I Do to Help’," CNSNews.com Terence P. Jeffrey

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) said at a press conference on Thursday that he likes House Speaker John Boehner (R.-Ohio), but feels sorry for him and asked him at a meeting on Thursday morning what he could do to help him pass a continuing resolution in the Republican-majority House of Representatives that funds the government and that does not defund Obamacare.

Reid was speaking with reporters after he and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had met with Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.)."...via Free Republic

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Establishment Vichy GOP was key in helping Reid win re-election in 2010:

11/4/2010, "How Harry Reid Won Re-Election" AP, Michael R. Blood, via CNS News

"Reid collected the support of high-profile Republicans, who viewed him as too influential to lose with the state's economy in turmoil and were reluctant to vote for Angle because of her extremist views.

A moderate Republican "would have had a better chance of defeating Reid," said Republican state Sen. Bill Raggio, who backed Reid. "Their positions were less extreme, more in line with what the majority of Nevadans felt."...

Republicans also marveled at Nevada's Democratic turnout machine

....The Democratic leader and his union allies deployed hundreds of volunteers to knock on doors, make phone calls and drive voters to the polls....

In contrast, the National Republican Committee didn't come through with a comparable get-out-the-vote effort for Angle.

National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Brian Jones, who advised the Angle campaign, said "you have to respect the Democratic operation in Nevada."...

Angle's campaign was also slowed by internal bickering – national operatives who joined her campaign after her come-from-behind primary win often clashed with some of her longtime Nevada advisers, a rift that never fully healed."...via Free Republic commenter

the National Republican Committee didn't come through with a comparable get-out-the-vote effort for Angle.
National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Brian Jones, who advised the Angle campaign, said "you have to respect the Democratic operation in Nevada."
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